Planning on submitting Iris to the Mac App Store this weekend. Not quite ready for release, but I dread whatever App Review throws at me and hope to get ahead of it.
I don’t particularly want to distribute via the App Store (there will still be a direct download version for purchase from my website), but for the users who would rather buy it there, I’d like to make it available.
Rejected after six days waiting for review, and four minutes after launching the app for the first time.
"The app uses one or more entitlements which do not appear to have matching functionality within the app.
com.apple.security.network.server"
I guess they never opened the Settings window during all the time they spent reviewing the app?
After eighteen years of App Review, none of this is surprising anymore.
@tylerhall I also got this rejection for my app Localmost…which is a local web server manager! Some other “classic rejection reasons” in my blog post. https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/04/17/today-i-shipped-twenty-apps-and-a-screensaver/
My “favourite” app review task was having to send them a video of me ejecting a physical CD using my app Driveaway that manages mounted volumes. 🙄
@gingerbeardman omg, yes! The tvOS reviewer also asked for login credentials. My reply to them ended with:
"Please let me know specifically what information is needed. Since the app does not support user accounts, I am unable to provide a username and password. However, I would be happy to provide additional instructions, screenshots, or videos."
tylerhall
matt sephton